SQL Always On High Availability with SQL 2014

This course is designed for database administrators to familiarize them with the concepts in SQL AlwaysOn and High Availability. The course utilizes SQL 2014, but explains the differences from SQL 2012.

Skills Gained

Understand and utilize AlwaysOn and high availability concepts and terminology.

Understand edition changes from SQL 2012.

Understand failover clusters.

Understand log shipping.

Understand replication.

Understand database mirroring.

Understand database snapshots.

Understand SQL failover cluster implementation.

Understand multi-site clustering.

Understand flexible failover policy.

Understand and utilize AlwaysOn.

Understand node majority.

Understand node and disk majority.

Understand node and file share majority.

Understand no majority.

Understand configuration options.

Understand and utilize quorums.

Understand application failover.

Understand availability groups.

Understand availability replicas.

Understand and utilize AlwaysOn availability groups.

Understand active secondary replicas.

Understand readable secondary replicas.

Understand backups on secondary replicas.

Understand and utilize secondary availability group actions.

Understand how to monitor AlwaysOn Availability Groups.

Understand how to utilize the Dashboard.

Understand the tools available for troubleshooting.

Who Can Benefit

This course is intended for SQL DBAs and IT Professionals.

Prerequisites

None

Course Details

Outline

Module 1: Course Overview
This module explains how the class will be structured and introduces course materials and additional administrative information.Lessons

Introduction

Course Materials

Facilities

Prerequisites

What We'll Be Discussing

Lab 1: Course Overview

None

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Successfully log into their virtual machine.

Have a full understanding of what the course intends to cover.

Module 2: AlwaysOn and High Availability Concepts and Terminology
In this module, we will cover concepts and terminology to help you better understand the purpose of AlwaysOn and help you utilize its flexibility. We will also explain common methods used to provide high availability solutions.Lessons

Concepts and Terminology

Edition Changes from SQL 2012

Failover Clusters

Log Shipping

Replication

Database Mirroring

Database Snapshots

Lab 1: AlwaysOn and High Availability Concepts and Terminology

None

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand and utilize AlwaysOn and high availability concepts and terminology.

Module 4: Understanding Quorums
Quorums determine the number of failures that a cluster can sustain, and if additional failures occur, the cluster will stop running. In this module, we discuss how to configure the quorum, and explain the options available.Lessons

Node Majority

Node and Disk Majority

Node and File Share Majority

No Majority

Configuration

Lab 1: Understanding Quorums

Creating a Windows Failover Cluster

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand node majority.

Understand node and disk majority.

Understand node and file share majority.

Understand no majority.

Understand configuration options.

Understand and utilize quorums.

Module 5: AlwaysOn Availability Groups
SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups provide us the capability to group two or more databases and perform a failover of both as a logical unit. In this module, we will explore how to configure and utilize Availability Groups.Lessons

Application Failover

Availability Group (AG)

Availability Replica

Lab 1: AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Enable AlwaysOn in SQL Server

Testing Failover Cluster and Adding Sample Databases

Create the High Availability Group

Add Replica and Listener

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand application failover.

Understand availability groups.

Understand availability replicas.

Understand and utilize AlwaysOn availability groups.

Module 6: Secondary Availability Group Actions
In AlwaysOn Availability Groups, an active secondary can be used for things like redirecting the read-only workload, off-loading the backup load, and other tasks. In this module, we discuss how an active secondary replica operates, and explore a few tasks that can be tackled using a secondary.Lessons

Active Secondary Replicas

Readable Secondary Replicas

Backups on Secondary Replicas

Lab 1: Secondary Availability Group Actions

None

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand active secondary replicas.

Understand readable secondary replicas.

Understand backups on secondary replicas.

Understand and utilize secondary availability group actions.

Module 7: Monitoring
In this module, we will explain monitoring AlwaysOn Availability Groups, explore and utilize the Dashboard, and discuss troubleshooting tools.Lessons

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